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EVENTS FOR THE DISABLED

People Home Health Care Services is Western New York's only licensed and certified home health-care agency specializing in meeting the needs of individuals of all ages with developmental disabilities and their families who reside in Erie and Niagara counties.

The Family Center of Western New York, affiliated with the Foundation for Deaf Education, St. Mary's School for the Deaf and United Cerebral Palsy of Western New York, offers mental-health services to deaf, hard-of-hearing and hearing-impaired children, teens and adults.

Services include counseling, family therapy, play therapy, psychological testing and evaluation, group therapy, and behavior modification. Call 626-9603 (V/TTY) for an appointment.

Cantalician Center for Learning provides services for children with developmental disabilities. Programs include early intervention and preschool evaluations, therapy and educational services in the home or in the early childhood center at 1360 Eggert Road, Amherst. For information, call 835-0417.

"An Evening of Ideas," presented by Anthony Persico and the gifted programming team, sponsored by SEPTSA, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the cafeteria of Maple West School, Amherst. For information, call 635-0527 or 639-4016.

Gateway-Longview, a multiservice agency serving children and families, offers special education and intensive support services for children ages 3-21 with severe emotional, behavior and learning problems. For information, call 633-7266.

Deaf Adult Services, 665 Hertel Ave., is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals in need of assistance. Walk-in clients will be assisted or referred to appropriate agencies based on their needs. For information, call 874-6011 or 874-6390 (tty).

The Developmental Disabilities Clinic, in cooperation with Language Development Program and the department of psychology and psychiatry at the University at Buffalo, offers evaluations for individuals ages 2 to 21 who may have autism spectrum disorders.

Community Services for the Developmentally Disabled offers help in applying for Social Security or other financial benefits, budgeting instruction and assistance and help with paying bills. For information, call 883-8888.

The Buffalo Hearing and Speech Center, 50 E. North St., offers a Laryngectomee Support Group from 2 to 3:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at 50 N. North St. For information, call 885-8318.